Chapter 169
Jaxon spent the next hour assuring Ruby that he wasn’t mad at her and that he wanted to have
the baby.
The doctor had given them the permission to leave the hospital since there really wasn’t anything wrong with Ruby.
He had however told them that she should take it easy for a couple of days so she would not pass out again.
They left the hospital and the car ride home had been shorter and thankfully without any hiccups
along the way.
Ruby had remained quiet throughout and simply stared out the window. He noticed this and took her hand and squeezed to let her know he was there and that she could rely on him. She glanced at him and smiled before squeezing his hand back.
Immediately they pulled up at the house, they were ambushed at the door and congratulations
followed with some pats on the back. He was afraid it would overwhelm Ruby since he didn’t
give her a heads up before coming home but she seemed to be doing fine.
He had told Keith and Damon that Ruby was pregnant when they were still at the hospital. He
hadn’t been able to tell her then because she was still passed out. Keith and Damon, Keith especially had blown up his phone with updates about Ruby that he had no choice but to tell them because they had sounded ready to throttle him if he didn’t give them news worthwhile.
And was the news worthwhile, he thought.
He could still remember their reactions from earlier when he had first broken the news.
He had. been surprised when the grandfather he had known for many years started talking about how he had waited for the moment for so long and how he had finally got his wish. Jaxon couldn’t even remember if the old man had ever spoken so many words to him.
Damon on the other hand had teased him to no end on the phone that Jaxon had to temporarily
block Damon’s line because of the corny messages he kept sending when Jaxon had refused to answer his calls.
“Congratulations my man.” Damon told him with a harder than necessary pat on the back. Jaxon
didn’t respond, he only walked into the house with Ruby in tow.
“And Ruby, congratulations.” Damon said in a much softer tone when his eyes met Ruby’s. She
smiled at him and whispered a quick “thank you.”
Keith was in their living room and Jaxon had to look twice to make sure it was his grandfather
standing there. The old man was all smiles. Jaxon was surprised at how the news could change the man so much. Did he really want a great grandchild that bad?
“Congratulations my dear.” Keith told Ruby as she walked up to him. He pulled her into a hug then whispered something in her ear that he couldn’t hear from where he was standing.
“And congratulations to you too, you rascal.” Keith said from over Ruby’s shoulder.
“It’s about damn time too.” Keith puffed and Jaxon rolled his eyes. After his grandfather had
found out the news, he had been mumbling how Jaxon had finally decided to give him a great
grandchild after waiting for so long.
“Who knew you would finally man up and have a kid?” Damon commented as he slung an arm
over Jaxon’s shoulder.
“Who knew.” He replied simply. He wondered how they would react if they found out Ruby had
got pregnant by accident. Damon would probably say it was bound to happen sooner or later and he was sure his grandfather would say something like,
“and I’m thankful for that.” He could almost hear the old man’s voice as he thought of the phrase.
“This kid is going to definitely have you wrapped around their finger,” Damon declared and got a
hearty laugh from his grandfather and a quiet chuckle from Ruby.
He looked at her carefully and noticed the way her eyes glowed as she laughed. She was enjoying this.
“Speaking of which, the last time I checked, you were single. Is there any change to that yet?”
Jaxon fired then enjoyed the way Damon’s eyes widened in shock as he put him in a spot.
“Well, i- we aren’t talking about me.” Damon let out and Jaxon smiled.
“But I want to talk about you. According to you, I have manned up and decided to have a kid. When will you man up and get into a relationship?” Jaxon pressed. Ruby and Keith were watching the banter between him and Damon with amused smiles on their faces.
“Okay, fine. I’ll back off now jeez.” Damon said with his hands raised in surrender.
“Fine.” Jaxon stated and watched Damon closely. Damon had agreed too easily which was so unlike him. Jaxon didn’t buy it one bit.
“You do know I’m not actually going to stop teasing you right?” Damon let out after a particularly long pause.
Jaxon simply rolled his eyes at the statement since he had predicted as much.
From the corner of his eye, he saw his grandfather whisper something to Ruby again and they shuffled like they wanted to leave.
“We are going to the kitchen to get something to eat.” His grandfather called out to him when he
and Ruby had gotten to the door.
They left Damon and him alone where Damon continued his ruthless teasing and after another
five minutes of constant teasing, Jaxon was already over it.
“Aren’t you tired of this already?” He called out when he couldn’t bear it any more and Damon
shook his head.
“Not at all.” Damon laughed.
Just then, Damon’s face settled into a serious expression and Jaxon wondered why there was a
sudden shift in his behavior.
“Did something happen?”He questioned, confused.
“I guess it did. I have some news for you.” Damon replied and he nodded.
“Go ahead.”
“It’s about Serena.” Damon said and Jaxon froze. He couldn’t remember the last time he had
thought about her. All he knew was that he had been planning to marry her when she had
disappeared and committed sucide afterwards.